"What really hard things are happening in this text? Are they happening in the world now? Where?"
On page 4, of the book Just Listen by Sarah Dessen, one character says to another, "Bitch." obviously this is very inappropriate language. On the same page, it says, "I saw a girl from my English class the year before narrows her eyes, while another girl laughs out loud." The two girls in this books were friends for 6 years but then last year they had a fall out (it has not been explained yet.) It's insane how quickly things can change between
Bullying is a very serious problem, it causes people to do terrible things, and it can reach extreme measures with just a few words. Children take it really far for no reason. They don't have to say all the things that they do. But for what ever reason, they say it. Nowadays, there are laws, one is if you tell another to kill themselves you can be fined $10,000 but if you do, they do commit suicide you can be charged with Manslaughter. But that doesn't necessarily stop them.
In my book there are also eating disorders. The main character's sister has anorexia. Yet it's not explained in full detail currently, it is already a very important part in the book.
Anorexia, sometimes caused by bullying, stereotypes, or just by someones personal opinion. Like bullying, it's a very serious issue in the world. Anorexia is when people stop eating to lose weight, without food you won't be able to get the nutrients that you you need so you end up starving yourself to death. Many models have this disease, some by choice or because of what people say. A lot o people have this disease, too many to be honest and it's not okay, you should love yourself you shouldn't try to change yourself for someone else.
I like how you started the response with quotes from the book, and that you introduce the problem in the book in the second paragraph. I think that it was really good that you related bullying in the book to the real world where you focused on how you can be charged with manslaughter if you push someone enough to commit suicide. This was a really good response and I like the way you concluded it with the last sentence.
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